Itīs back to school time and that means lots of books and homework. Why not design some bookmarks to use as an advertising give-away for your business or group. To make a two by eight inch bookmark, all you will need is a photograph of that size or larger and Photoshop CS2.

Itīs almost Halloween so I decided to create a quick and easy text animation using the Flash Timeline Blur effect and a scary sound file. In keeping with the holiday spirit, I decided to animate a scary looking BOO!

One of my readers sent me the URL of a special animation he saw on a website. He wanted to create an animation similar to it in Photoshop CS2. You start with an image containing some text and create the illusion that light is passing over the text much like a spotlight passes over the sky.

Adobe(R) Illustrator(R) is slightly different than other graphics programs. In the next few tutorials, I will show you how to create a web banner in the Illustrator program and you will learn some of the basic skills along the way.

The fourth edition of the Motion Graphics with After Effects book by Chris & Trish Meyer has been updated and revised for Adobe After Effects CS3 and contains many new sections on your favorite software features.